The Hammock
Painting by Gustave Courbet
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The Hammock (French: Le Rêve, German: Die Hängematte) is an 1844 oil painting by the French artist Gustave Courbet. It depicts a young woman sleeping on a hammock in a shady, wooded glade with a brook passing nearby.[1][2] It makes reference to Victor Hugo's 1829 poem Sara the Bather. It was submitted to the Salon of 1845 at the Louvre in Paris, but rejected by the authorities.
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 79.5 cm × 97 cm (31.3 in × 38 in) |
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The painting is in the Reinhart Collection at Am Römerholz in Winterthur in Switzerland.[3]
